Dictionary entry

Revivification

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐viv′i‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. révivification.] 1. Renewal of life; restoration of life; the act of recalling, or the state of being recalled, to life.

2. (Old Chem.) The reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its metallic state.